James 3:15

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Summary

James 3:15

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Wisdom

Philippians 3:19

Devilish

Revelation 12:9

General references

Bible References

Wisdom

But the wisdom from above is, before every thing else, pure; then peace-loving, gentle, open to conviction, rich in compassion and good deeds, and free from partiality and insincerity.

If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to every one without reproaches, and it will be given to him.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?

The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.

Devilish

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

"You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the Devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert 'the straight paths of the Lord'? Listen!

Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the Serpent by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.

He who lives sinfully belongs to the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the Devil's work.

These are the people--animal and unspiritual--who cause divisions.

They have as their king the Angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in Hebrew, is 'Abaddon,' while, in Greek, his name is 'Apollyon' (the Destroyer).

Then the great Dragon, the primeval Serpent, known as the 'Devil' and 'Satan,' who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

General references

Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.

This is what I will do,' he said; 'I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them;

I know what I will do, so that, as soon as I am turned out of my stewardship, people may welcome me into their homes.'

As for these people who do not know the Law--they are cursed!"

Because it was owing to him that many of the Jews had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.

But, if you are continually wounding and preying upon one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.